Deadline: January 23, 2025
Applications are open for the Amnesty International Digital Forensics Fellowship 2025. Amnesty Tech – a global collective of advocates, hackers, researchers, and technologists – is excited to announce the launch of the third Digital Forensics Fellowship (DFF).
This innovative Fellowship is an opportunity for 5 – 7 human rights defenders (HRDs), journalists, and/or technologists working in civil society organisations around the world to train with Amnesty Tech’s Security Lab to build skills and knowledge on advanced digital threats and forensic investigation techniques. This is a part-time Fellowship that will last 3-4 months and will come with a stipend.
Participants in the Digital Forensics Fellowship will be expected to:
- Attend an in-person, week-long convening where the majority of trainings will be conducted. This training will take place in June 2025, the exact location is set to be confirmed shortly.
- Dedicate approximately 10 – 12 hours per month to the Fellowship, outside of the convening, by participating in remote training sessions and through independent work outside of scheduled sessions to deepen understanding of training topics.
- Engage with the programme cohort and the Security Lab during the in-person and remote trainings, and in discussion groups on an ad-hoc basis.
Benefits
- Successful applicants will be given a stipend of £500/month for their time.
Eligibility
- Applicants should have an understanding of the technical threats, digital attacks and challenges faced by journalists, HRDs, and civil society organisations in their local contexts.
- Demonstrated interest in conducting investigations to identify digital attacks against civil society, with the goal of building resilience among civil society actors in the face of surveillance after the Fellowship.
- Familiarity using command line tools and basic knowledge of scripting languages like Bash and Python to analyse data.
- An understanding of how internet infrastructure works, for example the role of IP addresses, TLS certificates, and DNS queries.
- Technical familiarity with GNU/Linux operating systems, as well as Android and iPhone systems.
- Engaging with the English language as the primary language throughout the Fellowship.
Application
To apply, applicants will be required to submit the following via the recruitment system eArcu - upload all relevant documents to the CV section of the application portal.
- A copy of your most recent CV.
- A cover letter explaining your motivation and interest in the Fellowship and outlining how you meet the essential requirements outlined in the job description.
Applications must be in PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel format.
For more information, visit Digital Forensics Fellowship.
